Argentina Posts Record Daily Rise of 10,550 Covid-19 Contagion Cases (August 26th)
Argentina posted a record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the health ministry said, taking the total...
August 27, 2020Topic
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Gringo View: Is Now a Good Time to Write Your Own Obituary?
How many of us, stranded and isolated for the past months by the pandemic and unable to have normal contact...
August 27, 2020
Startup Mexican Used Car Dealer Kayak Advances in Latin America, Targets Brazil
Mexican startup Kavak, which operates in the used car sales market, makes its first expansion in Latin America with the...
August 27, 2020
US Company Begins Phase I Human Trials for Potential HIV Cure
The US will begin human trials of gene therapy that is considered a "potential cure" for HIV next month.
August 27, 2020
Bolsonaro: Brazil Was Among Countries That Better Faced Pandemic
At a time when the country records over 115,000 deaths from Covid-19, President Jair Bolsonaro again said on Wednesday, August...
August 27, 2020
Bolsonaro Criticizes and Suspends Minister Guedes’s “Renda Brasil” Project
President Jair Bolsonaro has publicly criticized Renda Brasil, proposed to him by his economic team this week.
August 27, 2020
Analysis: Bolsonaro’s Recent Focus on Poorest Population Stymies the Opposition
Jair Bolsonaro was elected President with the vote of the wealthiest. He seeks reelection with the vote of the poorest.
August 27, 2020
Brazil’s Vice-President Advocates Charging Wealthy Students Tuition at Federal Universities
Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said that it is "a paradox" in Brazil to provide educational services at federal universities to "people...
August 27, 2020
Researchers Discover Possible Treatment to Stop Coronavirus Replication
A group of scientists may have discovered the way to prevent the novel coronavirus from replicating.
August 27, 2020